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When working in IT from Uruguay, you may earn around $5,000, $6,000, or $8,000 a month, depending on your level of expertise and whether your income comes from abroad. These are not guaranteed salaries for everyone, but upper-end benchmarks seen in remote IT work.
The amount depends on the role, qualifications, client, contract currency and relationship format. An employee of a foreign company, an independent contractor and the owner of their own structure receive money under different rules and incur different costs.
When comparing income, it is important to consider more than the monthly figure. Your budget includes taxes, BPS, health coverage, fees, accounting costs, time off, equipment, and currency risk. Therefore, a high rate in US dollars is worthwhile only if it produces a stable net income after mandatory expenses.